They're not wiping accounts from alpha? On a game this greedy? That seems like a mistake. Perhaps not in the long run, but maybe in the short run.
You have to pay to buy the game. You have to pay to get cards. You have to pay to play the games best modes. At least the community meltdown on reddit will be free.
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Because to play HS you don't need to purchase anything... I'm not seeing that here. At least let me try the game first, if its good enough then sure, I'll dump money into some cards. I also don't see anything about crafting cards, I only get the impression you'll need to purchase them. Of course this could be completely wrong. Only other thing I've seen mentioned is they'll offer "other modes", like Sealed deck, for players without large collections... and that a key component of the game is to "bargain hunt" the marketplace.
How can you even compare these statements to HS which allows complete FTP if you desire?
How is saying "3 lanes trying too hard" fanboyish? LOL... I like some ideas presented by other games, even if implementation has been poor. Gwent with the frontline/backline stuff. Reynad's theoretical game focusing on economy... But, 3 Lanes just looks and sounds bad. I get the idea your strategy now involves lane mechanics; ie: starving 1 lane to feed another, etc etc.. great. Is it the core gameplay of a Card game? Are the card effects & synergies actually going to be fun? Or are you going to be spreading resources and unable to have good synergy/combos with the cards. Sounds like you really don't even need the cards. Idk man, just sounds very bland & unfun to me. If I'm playing a card game I'd think the main focus would be the cards.
And yes, I'd love an alternative that I can play on a mobile device... really only reason I play HS is cause of mobile. But I'm not going to give it a try with this pricing model.
NDA lifted today, a ton of streams up. As it stands now, only way to play draft is to pay ($1 per ticket basically). Might not be a huge deal IF draft wasn't the main mode. Also further divides the alpha players who basically had like 7 months of free draft. Gonna be pretty interesting to see how this plays out. Obviously the diehard Valve fanboys will still play it, but Toast has been taking digs on stream at the RNG and business model and I can see most HS peeps following suit.
Was watching some streams of this last night and I agree with Toast, this game is really hard to watch/understand as a viewer.
Is it? Or is it just that people who have been in the alpha eventually got bored of playing with and against the same constructed decks in the small player pool?
How much of that is simply lack of familiarity with the game and the cards?
I suspected as much myself, just going off of what the entire majority are saying. Either way, without a ladder system, it's easy to see how draft would be the more fun mode of play for me personally.Is it? Or is it just that people who have been in the alpha eventually got bored of playing with and against the same constructed decks in the small player pool?
How much of that is simply lack of familiarity with the game and the cards?